This week: Cookie season is nearly upon us; recipes; EYBD Previews; giveaways and more

Brian Hart Hoffman recently shared his schedule at Williams-Sonoma for this autumn which we have added to our Calendar. He has planned a number of special guests with loads of baked goodness planned. We have also added book tours for the following authors: Deb Perelman for Smitten Kitchen Keepers; Michael Twitty for KosherSoul; and Laurel Kratochvila for New European Baking as well as updated the cooking schools and bookstore events on our Calendar.

We are a week into September and the beginning of baking season will be here before we can preheat our ovens. For this year’s cookie baking you might wish to take a look at the following new books (and magazine):

• Holiday Cookies Collection: Over 100 Very Merry Recipes by Brian Hart Hoffman and the Bake from Scratch Magazine Special Issue: Holiday Cookies (2022)
• Fabulous Modern Cookies: Lessons in Better Baking for Next-Generation Treats by Paul Arguin and Chris Taylor
• All About Cookies: A Milk Bar Baking Book by Christina Tosi
• The Cookie Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum
• Good Food: Best Biscuits: Easy & Delicious Recipes from the UK’s No. 1 Cookery Brand by BBC Good Food
• The United Nations of Cookies by Jess Murphy and Eoin Cluskey
• Small Batch Bakes: Baking Cakes, Cookies, Bars and Buns for One to Six People by Edd Kimber

For other baking inspiration be sure to check out my 2022 baking preview especially these titles: Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts From Romania & Beyond by Irina Georgescu and Laurel’s New European Baking. There is an embarrassment of baking wealth and knowledge headed our way including books from Claudia Fleming and Erin Jeanne McDowell!

Lastly, I came across a book to be published next month in the UK: Knead Peace: Bake for Ukraine: Recipes from the world’s best bakers in support of Ukraine edited by Andrew Green. Knead Peace features a collection of recipes from bakers around the world (including Anna Makievska of The Bakehouse (Kyiv), Helen Goh, Yotam Ottolenghi, Richard Bertinet and many more). Proceeds will benefit Ukraine. The title will be released in the US in May of 2023.

Other baking related articles:

• The Great Big 2021 Holiday Baking – Cookie Roundup
• Cookie Time – recipes and holiday baking tips
• Fear of an empty pantry, part two – the baking edition – although flour related shortages are not a threat – it could be time to check your pantry for spices and other ingredients
• Were you a pie baker, when pie baking wasn’t cool?
• Holiday Cookies!
• Christmas dessert ideas
• Kicking off fruitcake season

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The last week on Eat Your Books

Since our last roundup, Darcie has written these articles:

• Cookbook author Sheila Brass of The Brass Sisters has died
• New food words added to the dictionary
• Mooncakes with a twist
• Tomato products may be in short supply next year

Darcie’s weekly food news antipasto is shared every Sunday and the tag #foodnews brings up these information-packed posts from the most current to the first one. Darcie can be followed on Instagram at darcie_bakes.

Since our last roundup, I have posted the following:

• Simply Chinese Cookbook Giveaway (US/UK/AU/NZ)
• Meet this season’s new GBBO contestants
• 2023 Cookbook Preview Listing – updated with new titles
• September 2022 Great Big Cookbook Club Summary – updated to include Hardcover Cook’s Winter selections – which look amazing!
• Fall/autumn preview: Part II – Non-baking titles (Fall/Autumn 2022 Cookbook Preview: Part I: The Baking Titles)
• Cookbook deals are updated when time permits so check that post for new sales — the publisher links automatically update (the ICYMI post explains the post in detail).
• Please be sure to check our Calendar for other events and classes. 

My Instagram is thecookbookjunkies.

Jenny and the EYB Team

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Recently Indexed Titles

Our team of member and pro indexers are working hard indexing titles, both new and old. Below are just a few highlighted titles. A reminder: newly indexed titles will always show up at the top of the EYB Library and your Bookshelf so you will always know which titles have just been indexed. Recent indexed magazines can be found here. For information on member indexing, please see this roundup with more details.

• Bake Yourself Happy: Recipes for Delicious Bakes with a Dollop of Joy by Steph Blackwell (GBBO)
• Feel Good: Quick and easy recipes for comfort and joy by Melissa Helmsley
• Nadiya’s Everyday Baking: From Weeknight Dinners to Celebration Cakes, Let Your Oven Do the Work by Nadiya Hussain
• The Amalfi Coast / Wild Rosemary & Lemon Cake: A Collection of Italian Recipes by Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi
• Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals by Melissa Clark
• Danielle Walker’s Healthy in a Hurry: Real Life, Real Food, Real Fast by Danielle Walker
• Delicious Gatherings: Recipes to Celebrate Together by Tara Teaspoon
• Prep and Rally: An Hour of Prep, A Week of Delicious Meals by Dini Klein
• Modern Bistro Cooking: Home Cooking Inspired by French Classics by America’s Test Kitchen

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Member Photo of the Week

Bhel from Dishoom: From Bombay with Love: Cookery Book and Highly Subjective Guide to Bombay with Map (page 163) by Shamil and Kavi Thakrar and Naved Nasir submitted by member Laurag29

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Featured Online Recipe

Chocolate layer cake with Swiss buttercream and ganache from Food Network Magazine, October 2022

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EYBDigital Previews

Recently, we uploaded our 1,392nd EYBDigital Preview where a selection of full sample pages are available including the titles below.

Learn more about EYBDigital Previews.

Note: To learn why you cannot add all EYBDigital Preview recipes to your Bookshelf, please read this Help page.

• 3 recipes from Trap Kitchen by Malachi Jenkins, Roberto Smith and Kathy Iandoli
• 3 recipes from The Succulent Bite: 60 Easy Recipes for Over-the-Top Desserts by Nico Norena
• 3 recipes from Spice Kitchen: Healthy Latin and Caribbean Cuisine by Ariel Fox
• A selection of pages from The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More by Maurizio Leo Pub date November 8th, 2022.

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Cookbook Giveaways
Click on the Blue Link Below to Enter

• Enter our US/CA giveaway to win one of three copies of Berber&Q: On Vegetables: 100 Recipes for Grilling, Roasting, Smoking, Pickling and Slow-cooking Veg by Josh Katz. Contest expires September 16th, 2022.
• Enter our US/CA giveaway to win a copy of Happy Belly: The Cake Book by Aaron McInnis. Contest expires September 16th, 2022.

The cookbook giveaway roundup shares all current giveaways including those open worldwide and to other regions.

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